Class D boys title game features Willsboro, Schroon

The Willsboro Warriors and Schroon Lake Wildcats will meet for the fourth time this season, with the Wildcats holding a 2-1 edge in the previous three games. However, the last game was won by Willsboro to end the MVAC regular season. Photo by Keith Lobdell.

By Keith Lobdell

As of Thursday, March 1, 2012 -1:07 p.m.

Boys title matchup

(1) Schroon Lake Wildcats 16-2

Lee Silvernail, coach

Projected starters:

4 - Ian Williams

5 - Jesse Shaughnessy

10 - Matt Savarie

11 - Noah Gath

13 - Jeffrey Armstrong

Bench:

1 - Robert Rose

2 - Tanner Stone

23 - Matt Filler

25 - Caleb Maisonville

31 - Uriah Harvey

(2) Willsboro Warriors (14-4)

Jim Spring, coach

Projected starters:

1 - Clay Sherman

5 - Clayton Cross

10 - Brandon Porter

20 - Dakota Sayward

33 - Cody Sayward

Bench:

3 - Nick Arnold

4 - Nick Ball

11 - Seth Swires

15 - Brandon Bertrand (inj.)

21 - John Hubbard

23 - Walker Lobdell

Plattsburgh — The top two seeds in Section VII/Class D boys basketball will play to determine a regional finalist this Saturday at noon at the Plattsburgh State Fieldhouse.

The top-seeded Schroon Lake Wildcats (16-2) will play against the only team to score a win against them in the Mountain and Valley Athletic Conference, second seed Willsboro, who has a record of 14-4, with two of those losses coming at the hands of the Wildcats.

Photo by Keith Lobdell

Ian Williams controls the ball for Schroon Lake.

“Our last loss was to Willsboro, and our kids wanted to play them for the sectional championship and get another shot,” Wildcat head coach Lee Silvernail said.

“We know that we have to prepare for Jesse Shaughnessy and Ian Williams,” Warrior head coach Jim Spring said. “We are not changing anything that we do with our practice routine. Since our loss to Elizabethtown-Lewis in the regular season, we have re-focused and are playing a different, more team-oriented game.”

The Wildcats, who received an opening round bye, were led in the semifinal round against Crown Point by the duo of Williams and Shaughnessy, as Williams scored 27 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Shaughnessy combined 18 points with 14 rebounds, 11 assists and five steals. Noah Gath and Uriah Harvey each scored six points, with Harvey grabbing five rebounds. Matt Filler had four points, with Robert Rose and Jeffrey Armstrong each scoring two points, while Armstrong added seven rebounds.

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